I have been promoted every six months in every role I have been. It’s been fantastic, but I have also been extremely lucky By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist This dude, Polycarp Igathe, is bloody lucky. He drops jobs, paying salaries the length of a telephone number, then gets hired again, for more dough. How come […]
Udi Gecaga is now dating Dr Sally Kosgey after separating from Jeni Kenyatta By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large It is a bitter multimillion shilling inheritance and property dispute pitting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s brother in-law, Udi Gecaga and his step-mother. The case which is slotted for the courts this June has been opening up the intricacies of […]
The bank which was selling his villas is majority owned by his aunt… former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta! By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist Things are getting financially twisted when scions of old money starts staring at the auctioneer’s hammer in the face. Jeff Koinange, popular television anchor, was losing his two villas in upmarket […]
At every turn, William Ruto has had his wings clipped, political teeth removed with pliers, the presidential wind taken off his sails By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large It appeared like it was the turn for the hustlers to rule Kenya, but as we mark this year’s Madaraka Day, the political dynasties unleashed their gene of self-perpetuity. […]
Even President Uhuru Kenyatta has his own- St Mary’s alumni, childhood buddies and business Kahunas By Shifa Mwihaki Contributing writer/Essayist So now comedian Jalang’o has confessed his Boys’ Club was not a House of Lungula as Kenyans now believe. The Boys had rented an apartment where they let their hair and beards down after assisting […]
He was not in the super-rich league because he lacked the ‘killer instinct’ or an appetite for gross corruption By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large He will pocket Sh2.8 million every month while drinking muteta soup most evenings with his old time buddies. Retired President Mwai Kibaki will trouser home that pay from July this year, making […]
The moneyed elite are about three things: wealth, power and prestige. Omar Lali had none By Undercover Reporter To marry her playboy guka from Lamu, Tecra Muigai, heiress to the Keroche billions, took Omar Lali to Naivasha, and asked for her parent’s blessings. After all, she had even become a Muslim, and again they had […]
The ever armed bow-tie wearing editor leaned back, put his gun on the table and intoned: ‘Chege, I am in charge here’ By Undercover Reporter He was born on the lips of the Rift Valley in Kijabe, the place missionaries banned alcohol and cigarettes. Chege Mbitiru, distinguished editor and journalist, spent 50 years observing life […]
Former Miss Tourism Debra Sanaipei got a house in London, property in Lavington, over 180 acres and Sh8 million in shares By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large It pays off big time choosing the right ancestors, for real. Just ask former Miss Tourism Kenya, Debra Sanaipei, who hit the Mother Lode with her late father’s estate. Of […]
His annual pay equals earning more than Sh42, 000 every hour for 365 days minus dividends By GW Ngari Editor-at-Large By the time you spill an hour taking a shower, brushing your teeth and trying unsuccessfully to shake off a hangover, Gideon Muriuki will have made over Sh 40, 000. That comes to more than […]